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Denham (Shark Bay)

Fri 18 Sep 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Denham (Shark Bay)
first quarter · 39%
Weather: Sunny Wind: W 283° · 7 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 7 s SW Water: 22.0 °C Pressure: 1016.6 hPa ↑ rising
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 pm
Solunar 92 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 41 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Turning
Wind 55 out of 100 SW 28 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 97 out of 100 22.0 °C all day
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Activity Forecast
Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:57 am Last light 6:43 pm
High 3:40 am Low 11:20 am High 6:00 pm Low 9:30 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 pm → 7:30 pm
69
2h
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
57
1h 30m
Good
10:30 am → 11:30 am
50
1h
Good
9:30 pm → 11:00 pm
48
1h 30m
First light
5:57 am
Last light
6:43 pm
Sunrise
6:20 am
Sunset
6:20 pm
Moonrise
10:41 am
Moonset
12:13 am
High tide
3:40 am
Low tide
11:20 am
High tide
6:00 pm
Low tide
9:30 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
131°
2 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
69°
5 km/h
2am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
63°
1 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
262°
3 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
320°
3 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
300°
4 km/h
6am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
341°
3 km/h
7am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
344°
5 km/h
Now
☀️
21°
←︎
W
283°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
23°
←︎
W
267°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
←︎
W
275°
8 km/h
11am
☀️
26°
←︎
W
273°
8 km/h
12pm
☀️
26°
←︎
W
264°
15 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
246°
19 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
245°
17 km/h
3pm
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
241°
18 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
244°
20 km/h
5pm
🌧️
22°
↙︎
SW
226°
23 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
224°
28 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
221°
27 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
214°
23 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
200°
18 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
193°
11 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
202°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m SW
12am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6am
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
7am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
Now
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
9am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
12pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
3pm
0.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
6pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.2° over the last 3 days
Tue
15 Sep
20.8°
Wed
16 Sep
21.2°
Thu
17 Sep
21.6°
Fri
18 Sep
22.0°
Sat
19 Sep
22.0°
Sun
20 Sep
21.9°
Mon
21 Sep
21.9°
Tue
22 Sep
21.9°
Wed
23 Sep
21.9°
Thu
24 Sep
21.8°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h W (283°).

Wind map data: ECMWF HRES (operational), updated every 6 hours. Not for navigation.

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